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🥉Junior Level • 9 Micro-courses

Agent Engineer Jr

Build Your First AI Agents

Start your journey into AI agents. Master the fundamentals: what agents are, how they work, and build your first functional agent with Claude Code.

$297

One-time payment • Lifetime access

9 micro-courses
Complete curriculum
1 capstone project
Community access

Prerequisites: Basic programming knowledge (Python or JavaScript)

Curriculum

9 micro-courses + capstone project

1/9

Introduction to AI Agents

What are AI agents, their evolution from rule-based systems to LLM-powered autonomy. The agent revolution and why it matters for your career.

2 hours
2/9

Agent Anatomy

Deep dive into the four pillars: Perception (inputs), Reasoning (LLM core), Action (outputs), and Memory (context). How they orchestrate together.

3 hours
3/9

Types & Classification

Taxonomy of agents: reactive vs deliberative, single vs multi-agent, conversational vs task-oriented, autonomous vs supervised.

2 hours
4/9

Agent Lifecycle

From spawn to termination: initialization, context loading, execution loops, error handling, graceful shutdown, and state persistence.

3 hours
5/9

Intro to Claude Code

Your development environment: installing Claude Code CLI, configuration, project setup, and understanding the agentic coding workflow.

2 hours
6/9

Your First Agent

Hands-on lab: build a functional Q&A agent from scratch. Write your first system prompt, handle user input, and generate responses.

4 hours
7/9

Prompting for Agents

Master agent-specific prompting: role definition, instruction clarity, output formatting, guardrails, and prompt chaining techniques.

3 hours
8/9

Basic Tools

Extend agent capabilities: implement function calling, connect to APIs, file operations, and web search. Build your first tooled agent.

4 hours
9/9

Testing & Deployment

Launch your agent: unit testing patterns, integration testing, local deployment, basic monitoring, and debugging techniques.

3 hours
Capstone Project

🎯 Personal Assistant Agent

Build a complete personal assistant that manages tasks, answers questions using RAG, schedules reminders, and integrates with calendar and email tools.

What You'll Build

Task management
Q&A with context
Calendar integration
Email drafting
8 hours
Hands-on Project

Your Learning Journey

From zero to functional agent in 9 structured micro-courses

1

Foundation

Modules 1-4

Understand what agents are and how they work

2

Development

Modules 5-7

Build your first agent with Claude Code

3

Production

Modules 8-9

Test, deploy, and complete your capstone

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